2024
Multiple metal exposures associate with higher amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and mortality independent of genetic risk and correlate to self-reported exposures: a case-control study
Jang D, Dou J, Koubek E, Teener S, Zhou L, Bakulski K, Mukherjee B, Batterman S, Feldman E, Goutman S. Multiple metal exposures associate with higher amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk and mortality independent of genetic risk and correlate to self-reported exposures: a case-control study. Journal Of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2024, jnnp-2024-333978. PMID: 39107037, DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2024-333978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis riskEnvironmental risk scoreAssociated with ALS riskALS riskGenetic riskRisk scorePolygenic risk scoresSelf-reported exposureGenome-wide association studiesStudy investigated associationsCase-control studySingle-nucleotide polymorphismsAssociation studiesExposure mixturesControl participantsExposure sourcesRiskParticipantsAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisSurvival modelsScoresAssociationEnvironmental factorsUrine metalsUrine samples
2018
Associations between maternal plasma measurements of inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy: A repeated measures study
Aung M, Ferguson K, Cantonwine D, Bakulski K, Mukherjee B, Loch-Caruso R, McElrath T, Meeker J. Associations between maternal plasma measurements of inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy: A repeated measures study. The Science Of The Total Environment 2018, 650: 1131-1140. PMID: 30308801, PMCID: PMC6236678, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma inflammatory markersInflammatory markersC-reactive proteinInterquartile range increaseFetal developmentImmunological biomarkersRange increaseTumor necrosis factor-aCase-control studyProspective birth cohortImmune system regulationHealthy pregnancyUrinary phenolSystemic inflammationImmunological mechanismsInterleukin-10Urinary levelsInterleukin-1bPregnancyStudy visitsMultivariate linear mixed modelReproductive outcomesMeasures of exposureInverse probability weightingUrine samples
2016
Urinary phthalate metabolite and bisphenol A associations with ultrasound and delivery indices of fetal growth
Ferguson K, Meeker J, Cantonwine D, Chen Y, Mukherjee B, McElrath T. Urinary phthalate metabolite and bisphenol A associations with ultrasound and delivery indices of fetal growth. Environment International 2016, 94: 531-537. PMID: 27320326, PMCID: PMC4980186, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActual fetal weightUrinary phthalate metabolitesPhthalate metabolitesFetal weightFetal growthDi-2-ethylhexyl phthalate metabolitesNon-anomalous singleton pregnanciesAssociated with decreased fetal growthConcentrations of phthalate metabolitesTime pointsExposure to di-2-ethylhexyl phthalateSingleton pregnanciesLongitudinal birth cohortFetal sexDi-2-ethylhexyl phthalateInterquartile range increaseCross-sectional associationsUltrasound scanPregnancyInverse associationMaternal exposureDelivery indexUrine samplesStandard deviation decreaseBirth cohort
2014
Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Pregnant Women: A Repeated Measures Analysis
Ferguson K, McElrath T, Chen Y, Mukherjee B, Meeker J. Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Pregnant Women: A Repeated Measures Analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives 2014, 123: 210-216. PMID: 25402001, PMCID: PMC4348741, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary phthalate metabolitesPhthalate metabolitesMono-n-butyl phthalateBiomarkers of oxidative stressBirth outcomesNested case-control study of preterm birthCase-control study of preterm birthPhthalate exposureStudy of preterm birthStudy of birth outcomesOxidative stressPopulation of pregnant womenNested case-control studyStudy population of pregnant womenAdverse birth outcomesUrine samplesMarkers of oxidative stressRepeated measures analysisHealth end pointsAssociated with significantly higher concentrationsDi(2-ethylhexyl) phthalatePreterm birthPregnant womenMono-n-butylLinear mixed models
2013
Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations among pregnant women in Northern Puerto Rico: Distribution, temporal variability, and predictors
Cantonwine D, Cordero J, Rivera-González L, Del Toro L, Ferguson K, Mukherjee B, Calafat A, Crespo N, Jiménez-Vélez B, Padilla I, Alshawabkeh A, Meeker J. Urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations among pregnant women in Northern Puerto Rico: Distribution, temporal variability, and predictors. Environment International 2013, 62: 1-11. PMID: 24161445, PMCID: PMC3874859, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.09.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMono-3-carboxypropyl phthalateMono-ethyl phthalateUrinary phthalate metabolite concentrationsMono-carboxyisooctyl phthalatePhthalate metabolite concentrationsPregnant womenMono-carboxyisononyl phthalatePhthalate metabolitesMono-2-ethylhexyl phthalatePhthalate biomarkersDetectable concentrations of phthalate metabolitesMono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalateMetabolite concentrationsMono-2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl phthalateConcentrations of phthalate metabolitesMono-2-ethyl-5-carboxypentylUrinary phthalate biomarkersMono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl phthalateWomen of reproductive ageUrine samplesAssociated with phthalate exposureMono-isobutyl phthalateMono-n-butyl phthalateMono-benzyl phthalateIntraclass correlation coefficient